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Caspar Schlickum

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Caspar Schlickum is Founder & Principal of Verdena, a Singapore-based advisory practice helping businesses, teams, and individuals grow. A long-time marketing and agency leader in Asia Pacific, he was previously a Managing Director leading Accenture Song's APAC enterprise B2B practice, CEO of Wunderman APAC (WPP), and a partner at Mindshare. He is also an active angel investor and advisor.

Last updated Jun 6, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Founder & Principal
Company
Verdena
Based
London, United Kingdom
Years in industry
18 years

Bio

Caspar Schlickum is Founder & Principal of Verdena, a Singapore-based advisory practice helping businesses, teams, and individuals grow. A long-time marketing and agency leader in Asia Pacific, he was previously a Managing Director leading Accenture Song's APAC enterprise B2B practice, CEO of Wunderman APAC (WPP), and a partner at Mindshare. He is also an active angel investor and advisor.

Career

  • Managing Director, Enterprise B2B Practice Lead (Accenture Song APAC)

    Accenture · 2019–2025

  • CEO, APAC

    Wunderman · 2016–2019

  • Partner

    Mindshare · 2006–2010

Advisory roles

The Scale Factory375ai (investor)CogX (investor)

Expertise & education

Expertise

Programmatic AdvertisingAddressable TV AdvertisingAd Tech PlatformsData-Driven AdvertisingSupply-Side Platforms (SSP)Demand-Side Platforms (DSP)TV and Digital ConvergenceIdentity and Audience Data

Education

  • Degree details not publicly confirmed

Speaking topics

Convergence of TV and digital advertisingProgrammatic infrastructure and platform strategyData and identity in advertisingThe future of premium video and addressable advertising

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Led Xandr through its strategic repositioning as AT&T's converged TV and digital advertising platform
  • Oversaw Xandr's product development of Invest DSP and Monetize SSP as competitive programmatic infrastructure
  • Navigated Xandr's acquisition by Microsoft in 2022, one of the significant AdTech M&A events of that period
  • Built data products capabilities at WPP bridging agency data assets with programmatic execution